Сто лет одиночества

           AmarantaandRebeca,disconcertedbytheunexpectedvisit,attendedherwithastiffformality.Theyshowedhertheremodeledmansion,theyhadherlistentotherollsonthepianola,andtheyofferedherorangemarmaladeandcrackers.Amparogavealessonindignity,personalcharm,andgoodmannersthatimpressedúrsulainthefewmomentsthatshewaspresentduringthevisit.Aftertwohours,whentheconversationwasbeginningtowane,AmparotookadvantageofAmaranta’sdistractionandgaveRebecaaletter.ShewasabletoseethenameoftheEstimableSe?oritaRebecaBuendía,writteninthesamemethodicalhand,withthesamegreenink,andthesamedelicacyofwordswithwhichtheinstructionsfortheoperationofthepianolawerewritten,andshefoldedtheletterwiththetipsofherfingersandhiditinherbosom,lookingatAmparoMoscotewithanexpressionofendlessandunconditionalgratitudeandasilentpromiseofcomplicityuntodeath.

           ThesuddenfriendshipbetweenAmparoMoscoteandRebecaBuendíaawakenedthehopesofAureliano.ThememoryoflittleRemedioshadnotstoppedtormentinghim,buthehadnotfoundachancetoseeher.Whenhewouldstrollthroughtownhisclosestfriends,MagníficoVisbalandGerineldoMárquez-thesonsofthefoundersofthesamenames-hewouldlookforherinthesewingshopwithananxiousglance,buthesawonlytheoldersisters.ThepresenceofAmparoMoscoteinthehousewaslikeapremonition."Shehastocomewithher,"Aurelianowouldsaytohimselfinalowvoice."Shehastocome."